Sharon started out as a singer/songwriter on a semi-professional basis at fifteen and then trained as a teacher. She moved to London in her early twenties where she was lead singer in numerous rock bands, eventually having her own band playing predominantly her own compositions. In the early eighties, she started working as a session singer at the prestigious Abbey Road Studios and was then signed for a record deal.
She took a break from singing while she brought up her daughter, during which time she undertook a formal classical training with Findlay Wilson of English National Opera. She returned to professional singing in 1999 and now works full-time as a singer, vocal and performance coach and choral director.
With the strong basis of a formal classical training, being a qualified teacher combined with her years of experience, Sharon possesses a sound knowledge of how to develop good vocal technique, how to overcome bad vocal habits and of course how to develop good performance techniques as can be seen by her extremely successful and much loved student showcase, “The Big Night Out with Bells On” giving her the added string to her bow of directing and producing large, complex music shows with diverse performances from solos to musical theatre showcases, followed by a choir!
Sharon started teaching singing and performance eleven years ago. Her first assignment was as the Individual Vocals Tutor at the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford, where she spent a year and a half before going freelance; she has also taught songwriting at Hurtwood House School (6th form public school). She has been the singing and performance tutor at Cranleigh Arts Centre since 2001. Since 2006, she has also been the singing tutor for the West Sussex Adult & Community Learning Service and is choral director for the Cranleigh Community Choir, which she set up in January 2006.
Due to the enormous success and popularity of the Cranleigh Community Choir, Sharon has recently started a new choir - The Dorking Community Choir.
As a singer, Sharon has the rare natural ability to sing any style of music, effortlessly moving from classical to rock, r’n’b, folk, soul, pop etc. She is an accomplished jazz singer, as much as she is a rock singer and is able to use her voice as a proper instrument, showing different colours and tones, dependent on the style of music.
Sharon currently works with her daughter Eleanore as a function singer - singing contemporary repertoire including jazz, soul, r'n'b, soft rock and pop. In addition to this, she sings backing vocals in Eleanore's band Eleanore & the Lost, which performs Eleanore's original music.
Sharon also manages her daughter's band, releasing the debut album "Parlour Game" in November 2009. Eleanore was commissioned in early 2011 by the international charity, WWF, to compose the theme song for their 50th anniversary, "My True Nature" (now available on all major download sites) and at the end of September 2011, the band headlined in the dance show"Kiss me Goodbye" at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, as part of the 2011 Windsor Festival (the dancing was predominantly choreographed to Eleanore's music). They are now ready to go into the studio to record their second album.
She took a break from singing while she brought up her daughter, during which time she undertook a formal classical training with Findlay Wilson of English National Opera. She returned to professional singing in 1999 and now works full-time as a singer, vocal and performance coach and choral director.
With the strong basis of a formal classical training, being a qualified teacher combined with her years of experience, Sharon possesses a sound knowledge of how to develop good vocal technique, how to overcome bad vocal habits and of course how to develop good performance techniques as can be seen by her extremely successful and much loved student showcase, “The Big Night Out with Bells On” giving her the added string to her bow of directing and producing large, complex music shows with diverse performances from solos to musical theatre showcases, followed by a choir!
Sharon started teaching singing and performance eleven years ago. Her first assignment was as the Individual Vocals Tutor at the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford, where she spent a year and a half before going freelance; she has also taught songwriting at Hurtwood House School (6th form public school). She has been the singing and performance tutor at Cranleigh Arts Centre since 2001. Since 2006, she has also been the singing tutor for the West Sussex Adult & Community Learning Service and is choral director for the Cranleigh Community Choir, which she set up in January 2006.
Due to the enormous success and popularity of the Cranleigh Community Choir, Sharon has recently started a new choir - The Dorking Community Choir.
As a singer, Sharon has the rare natural ability to sing any style of music, effortlessly moving from classical to rock, r’n’b, folk, soul, pop etc. She is an accomplished jazz singer, as much as she is a rock singer and is able to use her voice as a proper instrument, showing different colours and tones, dependent on the style of music.
Sharon currently works with her daughter Eleanore as a function singer - singing contemporary repertoire including jazz, soul, r'n'b, soft rock and pop. In addition to this, she sings backing vocals in Eleanore's band Eleanore & the Lost, which performs Eleanore's original music.
Sharon also manages her daughter's band, releasing the debut album "Parlour Game" in November 2009. Eleanore was commissioned in early 2011 by the international charity, WWF, to compose the theme song for their 50th anniversary, "My True Nature" (now available on all major download sites) and at the end of September 2011, the band headlined in the dance show"Kiss me Goodbye" at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, as part of the 2011 Windsor Festival (the dancing was predominantly choreographed to Eleanore's music). They are now ready to go into the studio to record their second album.
www.sharonduggan.co.uk
Singer; Singing & Performance Coach; Choral Director
Email: info@sharonduggan.co.uk; Telephone: 01483 279803
Email: info@sharonduggan.co.uk; Telephone: 01483 279803
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